Amputations

Name: Amputations at Goetz & Sons, Inc.
Start: 1/6/2017

1 amputation · 2017010167 · 1/6/2017 · Goetz & Sons, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name: Goetz & Sons, Inc.
Location: 114 H R Gin Road, RAYVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71269
NAICS: 424590
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a cotton bale press and was attempting to hit the stop button when his arm hit the ram-down button, causing the ram to come down and crush his right hand. His hand was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown